Posted by Sophie33 on May 9, 2004, at 6:13:55
In reply to Re: want to use valium for alcohol detox on my own » Sophie33, posted by Alara2 on May 8, 2004, at 1:25:50
Hi, Alara!
So great to hear from you! Regarding the valium. Well, I am sad to say that I started drinking after 2 weeks of non-and what a mistake! I thought that I was doing so welk-one glass of wine wouldn't hurt... I should have known better-I've been down that road before. Anyway, after lots of self-loathing about how pathetic I was to start up again, I went to my GP and told him that I wanted something to help reduce the stress and anxiety that alcohol withdrawl so often provides us.
He was really supportive and prescribed the lowest dosage of the valium-2mg. and suggested I take them 3 times a day. (morn, noon and night) And it REALLY helped calm those symptoms of anxiety down! Day 4/5 seemed to be the hardest for me and this is where the valium helped the most.
So, it's been a coupla' weeks for me and I'm back to feeling good about myself again-and I'm going to try to make it work this time.
I was happy to see your post-I was wondering as to how you were doing. HOW ARE YOU DOING BY THE WAY? Please let me know.
All the best
Sophie
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